Surviving an Economic Crisis: Iliana Fokianaki and Bettina Rosenqvist
Creating opportunities in crisis, two women from Greece and Venezuela who have opened businesses despite the economic meltdowns in their countries
Iliana Fokianaki is from Athens and is an art curator, critic and journalist. She also runs a non-profit contemporary art gallery which opened its doors in the Greek capital last year. Iliana describes seeing people rummaging through bins on a daily basis, which didn't happen before the crisis. She is in her mid-thirties and reveals that even though she would like to have a child, she can't because she can't afford to.
Bettina Rosenqvist is from Caracas and recently opened a new juice bar despite the financial situation. She says that queuing for hours at the supermarket for essential products and dealing with constant price rises has become the norm. Bettina won't visit the cinema anymore as she's scared to sit in dark places because she feels muggings have increased in the Venezuelan capital as people get more desperate.
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People becoming more "human" in crisis
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Avoiding the cinema and dark places
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